About: Leigha Butler
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Ten (Sexy, Sassy, Rich & Powerful) Yoginis You Should Already Know.by Leigha Butler on Oct 23, 2010 How to narrow so many crazy-wonderful, rockstar yogini powerhouses to a top-ten list? Why, using the methodology of the heart and gut, of course. {Note: If this strikes you as a double-yawn list of usual suspects, scroll all the way down.} Here lies a (totally incomplete) list of women who’ve taught, led, inspired and breathed [...] 9,881 views |
Remember When We Were Tolerant?by Leigha Butler on Sep 16, 2010 Consider this introductory paragraph, taken from a New York Times article entitled “Islam Comes to Washington,” by Jane Otten: The Moslem call to prayer may soon be a familiar sound in Washington, for the finishing touches are being put on the first mosque to be built in the nation’s capital. Conceived and financed jointly by [...] 447 views |
6 Happiness Tips from the Most Popular Teacher at Harvard.by Leigha Butler on Sep 7, 2010 Psychologists have traditionally focused on everything that is wrong with us—our anger, our anxiety, our depression. 4,318 views |
The 100 Thing Challenge.by Leigha Butler on Aug 13, 2010 Could you reduce your belongings to just 100 personal items? David Michael Bruno, the mind behind the 100 Thing Challenge, thinks you can. 2,778 views |
 Recycle Old Books & Get New Ones for Free.by Leigha Butler on Aug 2, 2010 Have you made PaperbackSwap a part of your life yet? 348 views |
Finally! Obama Announces His Green Energy Plan. (Well, I wish.)by Leigha Butler on Jul 23, 2010 No more half-assed plans to “green” the planet, whatever that means. What we need is a paradigm shift. Presented here is a brazen, energetic and unyielding blueprint for a livable earth. 124 views |
I Promise Not to Hoard More Shoes.by Leigha Butler on Jul 16, 2010 I shall not want, God is not a deadbeat and this has everything to do with shoes. Let me take a moment to confess a thing or two. I recently brought a three-tiered shelving unit to hold my shoes. Maybe that doesn’t sound bad to you. The size of my collection doesn’t rival most of [...] 452 views |
Breeding Little Capitalist Pigs.by Leigha Butler on Jul 12, 2010 Should we pay kids to learn? Harvard Professor of Economics Roland Fryer Jr. conducted an experiment to determine whether offering children money for doing well in school would help them perform. The results were varied but promising. There’s something that tastes immediately sour about this prospect, wouldn’t ya say? I can’t help but think [...] 131 views |
Happiness in a Thatched Hut.by Leigha Butler on Jul 2, 2010 When Poor = Happy. Researchers find that many rural Chinese are just as happy as their rich, urban comrades. Preliminary fieldwork shows that rural Chinese are no less satisfied with life than their urban counterparts, despite the vast socio-economic divide. In a research paper entitled ‘“Peace in a Thatched Hut—that is Happiness’: Subjective Wellbeing [...] 278 views |
Lessons from the Happiest Nation on Earth.by Leigha Butler on Jun 22, 2010 Happiness is… a modest life in Denmark, apparently. “Don’t depend too much on the American Dream,” advises a Danish college student. “I think you might get disappointed.” And one might do well to heed his remarks. The World Map of Happiness, produced by England’s Leicester University, names Denmark the happiest nation on earth, a rank [...] 1,578 views |
Embracing Lazy.by Leigha Butler on Jun 15, 2010 Letting the Dark Guna Do Its Thing My spirits were soaring high after my morning yoga class today, so it was in contrasting moods that my friend and I met up after class to talk about our summer plans. Jacqui, a fellow yoga teacher and one of the most energetic people I know, has been [...] 646 views |
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